“Nine Nights, A Thousand Roles” - A Navratri Story of Feminine Power.

Every year, as the first beats of dhol echo through the streets and the air fills with the colors on celebration, Navratri arrives- not just as a festival, but as a gentle reminder of something deeply powerful: the strength of being a woman.

Navratri, with its nine nights honoring the nine forms of Goddess Durga, is more than just a ritual. For many women, it mirrors the nine lives they live every single day- the nurturer, the warrior, the healer, the creator, the thinker, the rebel, the caregiver, the leader and the dreamer.

I think of my mother, who woke up before the sun decades-packing lunchboxes, ironing uniforms, never missing a PTA. I think of women who hold their families together while silently nursing their own ambitions. I think of my friend who returned to work six weeks after childbirth because her maternity leave ran out-but still read bedtime stories each night, exhausted yet unwavering.

Feminism isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s in the quiet refusal to give up. In staying up late to complete a report, after tucking in the kids. In saying “ I deserve a seat at the table,” even when no one offers one.

Navratri tells us that power wears many faces. It dances in Lehengas, leads boardrooms, teaches classrooms, stitches clothes by hand, wipes away tears and raises voices for change. It doesn’t always roar-but it always endures.

This festival, lets not only worship the goddess in our Mandir(Temple/altar), but also the goddesses in our homes, offices, neighborhoods and within ourselves. Let’s tell girls they can be soft and strong, gentle and unbreakable, mothers and CEO’s. Let’s remind them they don’t have to choose.

Because real Shakti-the divine feminine-isn’t in being one thing.

It’s being in everything and still finding time to smile.

“Happy Navratri”

To the women who carry the world and still dance through it. :)

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